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完形填空I was only eight years old when the Second World War ended, but I can still remember something about the1celebrations in the small town where I lived on the day when the war in Europe ended. We had not2much from the war where, though, like most children of my age, I often saw3houses in the streets and the very big4lorries(卡车) passing through. But both at home and at school I had bee5to the phrases “before the war” and “when the war is over”. “Before the war”, obviously,6had been better, though I was too young to understand why,7there had been no bombs then, and people had eaten things like ice cream and bananas, which I had8heard of. When the war was over we would go back to London, but this meant very9to me. I did not remember what London was like.What I remember now10V-Day(victory day) was the afternoon and the evening. Some boys and girls were collecting11and building an enormous bonfire(篝火). We stood and watched them for a time, and then I went home and12myself in with my key and waited for my parents to e back from work.It was May and still broad13when my mother arrived, and my father came in about an hour later. After dinner I said I wanted to14the bonfire, so when it got dark my father took me to the end of the street. The bonfire was very15, and somehow people had collected some old clothes to16“Hitler” with the moustache(胡子) they had put on top of it. Just as we arrived, they set light to it. The flames17soon. Everyone was cheering and shouting.I stood beside my father until the18started to go down, not knowing what to say. He said nothing, either. He had19in the First World War and remembered everything he had experienced. At last he said, “Well, that’s it, son. Let’s hope that this time it really will be the20one.”1.A.warB.victoryC.ChristmasD.birthday2.A.sufferedB.learntC.heardD.read3.A.crowdedB.rebuiltC.bombedD.enlarged4.A.modernB.oldC.railwayD.army5.A.usedB.devotedC.engagedD.related6.A.foodB.thingsC.housesD.news7.A.except thatB.now thatC.for fear thatD.in order that8.A.neverB.hardlyC.onlyD.already9.A.muchB.littleC.greatD.important10.A.aboutB.onC.forD.during11.A.moneyB.woodC.informationD.clothes12.A.showedB.allowedC.letD.called13.A.earlyB.daylightC.darkD.warm14.A.seeB.lightC.findD.put out15.A.highB.hotC.dangerousD.far16.A.drawB.paintC.writeD.dress17.A.disappearedB.happenedC.roseD.came18.A.sunB.moonC.fireD.noise19.A.foughtB.workedC.grownD.changed20.A.bestB.worstC.firstD.last